Fence-post



(No Model.)

H. L. CURRY.

FENCE POST.

No. 600,686. Patented Mar. 16,1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY L. CURRY, OF CARNOT, PENNSYLVANIA.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,636, dated March 15, 1898.

Application filed p er 21, 1897. Serial No. 652,462. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY L. CURRY, of Carnot, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new andusefulImprovements in Fence-Posts and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to fe'nce-posts, and more particularly to metallic posts which can be driven into the ground, obviating the 11ecessity of digging holes in order to set them.

The invention consists in certain novel features and details of construction, as will be more fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved post. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a portion of my improved post, the side being broken away for showing the device for securing the wire in or to the post; and Fig. 4: is a similar view showing the front of the post with the wire secured in place.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

A represents the upper and B the lower part of the post, which is adapted to be driven into the ground. The upper part A is provided at suitable intervals apart with rectangular grooves or recesses a for receiving and holding the wires 1). These grooves or recesses a enter at the front or face of the post and extend inward to a point at or near the center of the post, where they form a right angle, and extend downward a suitable depth to allow the wire I) to lie below the point where the two angles meet.

A key or wedge 0 passes transversely through the post and over the wire I), which prevents said wire from working up and out of the recess a. Said key or wedge is threaded at its outer end for receiving a nut cl for preventing it, together with the wire, from becoming loose in the post.

Angle-irons e are or may be secured to the post, which form plates for fastening boards to the post, where it is desired to construct a board fence. These plates proper are provided with holes f for receiving nails, screws, or bolts for holding said boards.

A plate 9 is cast integral or otherwise secured to the lower part of the post at a point just below the surface of the ground, the purpose of said plate being to prevent the post from working loose in the ground, as might be caused by pressure on the front or back of the post.

The lower extremity of the post is made sharp or pointed, as at h, which allows it to be easily driven into the ground.

Having described my invention, what I claim is The combination in a fence-post provided with rectangular grooves or recesses for holding wires, of a second set of openings or slots passing transversely through the post in a diverse direction to the wires, a wedge-shaped key which passes directly over the wires and in contact therewith, said key being adapted to be inserted through said second set of openings and provided with a nut for preventing the same together with the wires from becoming loose in or from the post, forming substantially a clamping device for the wires, as and for the purposes shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own invention I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY L. CURRY.

IVitnesses:

MARK M. DEoKER, J os. G. ORMsBY. 

